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British Air Officials Quit
Amid Cartel Probe

By

Rod Stone

Updated Oct. 10, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

LONDON -- British Airways PLC said Monday that two executives embroiled in an investigation over alleged cartel activity resigned with immediate effect.

Commercial Director Martin George and head of communications Iain Burns had been on leaves of absence since June 2006 when the United Kingdom's Office of Fair Trading and U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation focused on the surcharges.